New study tests if teaching parents early feeding can stop food allergies
NCT ID NCT07321522
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving parents educational materials and in-person feeding support helps them introduce allergenic foods like eggs to infants early and keep them in the diet. Researchers will compare two groups of 92 infants to see which approach leads to earlier and more sustained feeding. The goal is to find practical ways to prevent food allergies from developing.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- educational modules and clinician-supervised feeding
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple education and support help parents safely introduce allergenic foods early, potentially reducing food allergy rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so any effect on allergy prevention is uncertain.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 92 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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4 to 11 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for both Infant and Caregiver/Parent Participants * Born term (37 weeks - 41 weeks gestation) * Infants with or without a family history of allergic disease * Infants with or without mild to moderate eczema * Infants who have not yet started consuming known allergenic foods (excluding cow's milk or soy if it is in their infant formula) * Parent or caregiver ≥ 18 years of age * Agree to infant blood draw (two) * Agree to participate in the 6 month research study Exclusion Criteria: * Infants with a physician confirmed food allergy * Infants who do not eat fully by an oral route such as tube-fed or tube-supplemented babies * Infants with developmental delay * Infants with severe eczema * Infants who are already consuming known allergenic foods * Infants participating in another study looking at diet, oral immunotherapy or the use of a biological agent
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Locations
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Stanford University
RECRUITINGStanford, California, 94305, United States
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